Sentences with phrase «claims of sexual abuse»

A separate county court in New York refused to allow Dr. Gardner to examine and interview a mother and her children for the purposes of determining whether the children's claims of sexual abuse by their father were false and motivated by PAS.People v. Loomis, 172 Misc.2 d 265 (N.Y. Co..

Dr. Pestrak's reports stated that he «[did] not find any claims of sexual abuse to hold up to even modest scrutiny when data from all three parties [was] examined.»

If the court finds your claims of sexual abuse to be truthful based on the evidence provided, the court is likely to find that contact with your spouse is not in your child's best interests and deny both custody and parenting time.

Lead solicitor on a group action for claims of sexual abuse arising from neurological treatment.

Over many decades, the attorneys who comprise Ropes & Gray's Sexual Misconduct & Workplace Harassment practice have successfully represented many academic and cultural institutions, healthcare and social service providers, and religious organizations in sensitive situations, including claims of sexual abuse in numerous high - profile matters.

Representing academic institutions and religious and other non-profit organizations in numerous high - profile matters, including claims of sexual abuse.

The IAP resolves claims of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse and other wrongful acts causing serious psychological injury.

Their presentation will address issues arising from claims of sexual abuse, including what operators of senior and assisted living facilities can do to prevent sexual abuse by their employees and volunteers and to make sure that incidents are investigated and reported; the importance of having appropriate insurance coverage; and what to do to when a claim of abuse is made — how to investigate claims of abuse and report and assert a claim for insurance coverage.

The second guide relates to the provision of legal services in cases involving claims of sexual abuse.

An avalanche of allegations poured out Tuesday against Harvey Weinstein in on - the - record reports that detailed claims of sexual abuse and included testimonies from Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, further intensifying the already explosive collapse...

The state Education Department will investigate recent claims of sexual abuse on Buffalo school buses, state Sen. Tim Kennedy said.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) State Senator Chris Jacobs says he was surprised to learn only public schools were required to report claims of sexual abuse by teachers after reading the Nichols report on decades of inappropriate relationships between teachers and students.

Rosenberg runs a website and telephone call - in line that publicizes claims of sexual abuse in the Hasidic community, and he believes this attack was an attempt to «silence» him, according to Abe George, the rabbi's attorney.

That said, the fact a victim may be able to have her or his claim of sexual abuse against a deceased wrongdoer validated by a court, even when a lawsuit is started more than two years after the abuser's death, may be an important step in the victim's healing process.

Not exact matches

He is the first truly shameless president, the first porn president, and that is why it is Stormy Daniels — more than the FBI or the IRS or the string of women who have claimed sexual harassment or abuse by him — who just might take him down.

The Times seemed the right place for such a gathering: The Newspaper of Record was soon to be awarded three Pulitzer Prizes on April 16, one for public service that it shared with The New Yorker for documenting stories of sexual harassment from multiple women who claimed they were abused by disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

But in a week of coverage, much of which is sure to be either generically retrospective or gleefully judgmental (a Reuters article I came across yesterday made sure to note, in its final paragraph, that his papacy had been «besieged» by the sexual abuse crisis — a claim which, aside from its mild bias, is not exactly accurate), it's refreshing to read a piece that takes a longer view.

Pope Francis has admitted that he personally ordered an investigation into claims of child sexual abuse in Spain.

The archbishop's letter pointed out that most of the sexual abuse cases and allegations involve misconduct, real or claimed, from decades earlier, «before the Church adopted its current child protection policies.»

The claim that celibacy has helped cause sexual abuse is a claim that runs utterly contrary to the evidence, and unjustly moves responsibility for despicably evil acts away from the abusers, and onto some environmental condition such as the discipline of celibacy in a priestly life.

Victims of clerical sexual abuse will find it easier to bring compensation claims against the Catholic Church after a judge ruled it can be held responsible for the wrongdoings of its priests.

Rome (CNN)- A group representing survivors of sexual abuse by priests named a «Dirty Dozen» list of cardinals it said would be the worst candidates for pope based on their handling of child sex abuse claims.

Natalie Collins encouraged congregations to recognise that church communities are not immune from sexual impropriety, and they should take seriously the claims of women who say they have been abused.

Thus, any claim that we must follow the Matthew 18 progressive confrontation process before reporting disclosures of child sexual abuse to the civil authorities is simply wrongheaded: God's minister's — the civil authorities — must be informed first!

But he inherits a church wracked by a decades - old sexual abuse scandal and claims of corruption in the clergy.

His resignation comes on the heels of a controversial post on his website, sakeenah.org, in which he claimed that «an enormously overwhelming percentage of people struggle with homosexual feeling because of some form of violent emotional or sexual abuse at some point in their life.»

It claims the institute «frequently received reports of the sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and inappropriate / unauthorized touching occurring to certain interns, employees, and participants of its programs,» but failed to investigate or report any of it until February 2014.

In a 2008 LifeWay Research study, about 4 % of Protestant churches indicated they had a report of sexual abuse and 2 % had a validated sexual abuse claim in their church.

The club have hired a law firm to investigate allegations of historical sexual abuse amid claims that the club made a secret payment to a former youth team footballer who accused the club's ex-chief scout Eddie Heath of sexual abuse.

Sexual abuse of athletes has been in the news recently in the wake of claims by Deena Deardurff Schmidt, an Olympic swimming gold medalist at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, that between the ages 11 and 15 she was repeatedly molested by her swim coach.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday called sexual harassment a «dirty little secret» that's been largely ignored until the last several months after a range of powerful men have been toppled by claims of abuse and sexual misconduct.

Both the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph also claimed that Jack Dromey MP (her partner) and former Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt had offered support to apologists for the sexual abuse of children while they were working for NCCL.

Vance's office has been under review by Schneiderman's office for its handling of sexual abuse and assault claims against movie producer Harvey Weinstein.

This month, in the very week when claims of abuse in football dominated national news headlines, the Home Office published their key policy document which described how service commissioners should provide for men and boys who are victims of sexual violence, domestic abuse and other intimate crimes.

A South Buffalo man says victims of sexual abuse deserve more from the Buffalo Catholic Diocese than the voluntary program it established to help people who've made abuse claims against a clergy member.

Women who have claimed sexual abuse at the hands of Harvey Weinstein say they feel betrayed in the wake of revelations that former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a chief advocate of the effort to help victims of the disgraced movie mogul, has been accused of assualting former girlfriends.

New York City employers would need to grant paid time off to workers who claim to be victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse or other «family offense matters,» according to legislation passed by the NYC Council.

Wiltshire's police chief constable says a number of people have come forward with claims during the investigation into child sexual abuse allegations against the former Conservative prime minister Sir Edward Heath.

New York City employers would need to grant paid time off to workers who claim to be victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse or other «family offense matters,» according to legislation passed Tuesday by the City Council.

In the Notice of Claim, the attorney for the woman, identified as Jane Doe, said the county, among other things, was aware of prior incidents of sexual harassment and / or abuse of employees by Al Dirschberger and allowed the conduct to continue.

A former teacher at a Catholic school in Queens who said she had reported the sexual abuse of seven female students by a priest in 1991 now claims that the Diocese of Brooklyn covered it up for more than a decade, allowing more girls to be abused.

The lawsuit claims the board of Wynn Resorts knew of allegations against its former CEO since March 28 of 2016 and failed to act on reports of sexual abuse and harassment of his employees.

A notice of claim filed by an employee, alleged the county was aware of prior reports of sexual harassment or abuse committed by commissioner Al Dirschberger and did not act appropriately to stop the behavior.

The county executive's office said it doesn't comment on pending litigation but did say it was not aware of any previous claims of sexual harassment or abuse.

Efforts are being made to repeal New York State's statue of limitations in response to claims recently brought forward by two victims of child sexual abuse.

One legislative source told The News that an option being discussed would raise the age limit for victims of child sexual abuse to bring civil cases from their 23rd birthday to 50, which would allow many victims whose cases are currently barred by time limits to bring new claims.

The Congresswoman's announcement came after she admitted to mishandling a claim of sexual harassment, abuse and assault from one of her staff.

NYC's Cardinal Timothy Dolan moved millions in funds to protect them from sexual abuse victims seeking claims against the Catholic Church, according to newly - revealed documents: Files released by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Mon... Read

Mr. Sprigg has claimed that gay men are more likely to engage in child sexual abuse and that allowing openly gay people in the military would «increase the already serious problem of homosexual assault in the military.»

She claims there were previous reports of sexual abuse or harassment committed by Mr. Dirschberger, and that the county took no action to discipline Mr. Dirschberger or rectify the problem.